The winter in Lushun is not generally cold, Liu Jun put on two clothes and a cloak, or feels that this letter is like a knife, coming back from the county office, Liu Jun nested in the original guarded room, and kept adding charcoal to it.

The whole leadership team is here, Zhong Lin is a person who loves to drink, and he grew up with Liu Jun, so he doesn't know where to get a pot of wine, which is being warmed in a charcoal fire.

Zhong Lin and Li Rong only paused in their hearts now. I don't know where Liu Jun's confidence comes from, some old boys in the city have to bow their heads when they see the guard, where did he come from, and the people came back to look for him.

Liu Jun saw the expressions of the two, straightened his cloak, and lay on the Taishi chair with his back: "What's the matter, you don't have confidence in my brother." It makes no sense. ”

"Head, where do we dare, it's just this thing." Cheng Lin hesitated and didn't dare to say the latter words.

Liu Jun is the same as him, what kind of atmosphere can this become, he is now very skeptical about whether it is wrong to let this guy be the platoon commander. Not wanting to deal with these two guys, Liu Jun lay down, where to close his eyes and recuperate, waiting for the news of the fat county order.

The fat county commander was coaxed and threatened by Liu Jun last night, so that after the people outside moved today, he went out to engage in propaganda and conscription propaganda, and let him take the lead, let his son take the lead in becoming a soldier and set an example. The old man had no choice, and he had to agree to Liu Jun, but Liu Jun understood very well that he would have to give a big jujube if he beat a stick, and he spent a lot of cakes to give the fat county order to repel the Japanese army, and promised to make him the mayor, now called the prefect.

Soon after the meal started in the afternoon, I saw the fat county magistrate running over panting, and said to Liu Jun: "My lord, those people want to see you."

Liu Jun was waiting for this, and when he got the news, Liu Jun immediately took a few soldiers, ran to the county office, and after chatting with a few people, he immediately moved out of the table used to handle the case and recruited soldiers on the spot.

The rumors are terrible, who would think that their land and daughter-in-law let people sleep that is a pig. Not long after the table was set, a bunch of people were gathered around, busy helping to register the steamed buns and sweating.

Liu Jun had nothing to do, so he went back and waited for news.

The results came out quickly, and in one afternoon, more than 1,000 people were recruited.

Time is pressing, Liu Jun has no extra words, he has already copied the set of military training in the future yesterday. Taught Zhong Lin and Li Rong to immediately bring people into training.

At the same time, some of the old boys in the city also contributed a lot of money and food this time. There are more than 10,000 taels of silver alone. There is no way to say that there is even more grain and grass, and it is estimated that it will be enough to eat for several months. took out 2,000 points and gave them to the people who joined the army, and after taking out 500 to live in other Liu Jun because no one came, he became the Minister of Finance.

Liu Jun is not worried about the soldiers now, and then there is another thing that will make it difficult for him, arms.

There is no ammunition, and the big brother is fighting, so you can't let everyone pick up a big knife and spear to fight with others. What a fool would do such a thing.

Forced to do so, Liu Jun had no choice but to take out 5,000 taels and ask someone to call Li Rong, who was training recruits outside, to ask him to run errands and see if there were any arms among the foreigners. Originally, this matter was Cheng Lin's business, but Cheng Lin was arranged by Liu Jun early this morning to call a few original veterans to spy on the movements of the Japanese army.

However, after Liu Jun said his thoughts, Li Rong told him a very exciting news, there was an arsenal in Lushun City.

It turned out that Lushun was the base of Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Naval Division, and the land defense was the same as Tietong, not only had a strong garrison, but also built two arsenals, one for Li Jun and the other for coastal artillery.

Liu Jun has no interest in the shore defense artillery, although the shore defense artillery is powerful, but there is no way to move, and the Japanese army does not come from the sea, and is now fighting the Beiyang Naval Division in Weihai, where is there time to come to Lushun. In addition, the coastal defense artillery also ran away, and many people came to Liu Jun, so Liu Jun simply ignored the importance of the coastal defense artillery and the battery.

handed over the matter of going to count the arsenal to Li Rong, and Liu Jun, who was in a good mood, actually went to the training ground for the first time, not to mention the training of recruits, and ordered to have more food today. Braised pork tube is enough.

The biggest difference between Li Rong and Cheng Lin is that Li Rong is very obedient to Liu Jun. Received Liu Jun's order. Li Rong took forty soldiers and came to the arsenal. The people in the arsenal had already fled, which also saved trouble, and it was originally to bring people to come if they didn't agree, and Li Rong, who was hard, directly asked someone to smash the door open, rushed in, and took stock and inventory inside.

In the army barracks, Liu Jun was lying on the Taishi chair, closing his eyes and listening to Li Rong's report.

"Three thousand Mauser guns with 250,000 rounds of ammunition, and two thousand Winchester rifles with 150,000 rounds of ammunition. In addition, 3,000 pounds of gunpowder. ”

Liu Jun, who closed his eyes, saw that Li Rong stopped talking. frowned and opened his eyes: "What's the matter, it's gone, are you looking?" ”

Li Rong looked at the list written on the paper again, and said with certainty: "Report, no." ”

"What?" Liu Jun didn't believe it, snatched the paper from Li Rong's hand, and read several articles from top to bottom before raising his head and asking Li Rong, "Where is the cannon?" ”

Li Rong didn't know what was wrong with Liu Jun, he asked in surprise: "No, there are guns in it, but there are no cannons." ”

Hearing the news, Liu Jun sat down on the Taishi chair.

There is no artillery, and it is a fart, and the Japanese have another cannon in their hands, but they don't have it, so they can only be bombed. If you wait for two days to fight, and you haven't done anything with others, you will be blown up by someone else, and it won't be the same as the people who can't protect the whole city of Lushun. What's the use of doing this by yourself?

"Are you sure you're done?" Liu Jun still holds on to a little hope. He looked up and asked Li Rong, who was standing opposite.

"No, we even walked through the toilets and didn't see any artillery."

What can I do about this, I moved the guns of the fort to Lushun at the headquarters. I'm saying that I have this heart, and I can't move it. Liu Jun was very entangled in his heart.

Liu Jun absolutely didn't believe that there wasn't even a single cannon in a huge arsenal, so he wanted to check it out in person.

Putting on a black cloak and a black hat, Liu Jun, accompanied by Li Rong, came to the arsenal.

The arsenal was built at the foot of a hill not far from the sea and was made of concrete. And there is also a wall three or four meters high on the periphery, cut out of bricks. It was close to several batteries, and the army was mainly stationed here. So when the arsenal was built, the designers chose this place. And also took into account the blow of artillery fire from the sea, which was set just outside the range of the ship's guns.

The soldiers who were ordered to stay here saw Liu Jun coming, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then opened the door of the storehouse.

The inside of the warehouse is very dry, and there are a lot of fire extinguishing equipment in many places. From time to time, the words forbidden sparks appear on the wall. The whole arsenal is divided into three layers, the outermost pile is stacked with piles of gunpowder, wrapped in oil steps, where it is placed, it occupies half of the room, the second floor is the place where the rifles are stacked, as Li Rong said, Mauser guns are on the east side, ten in a box, three hundred boxes, and Winchester rifles are in the west corner. They are all packed in wooden boxes. The bullet is in the innermost. It's all yellow, orange and orange, and there is anti-rust oil on it, and it seems that it has not been taken out since I bought it.

Liu Jun just took a casual look at these, and now his mind was full of the shadow of artillery.

After turning around, Liu Jun didn't even see a cannon wheel, like a deflated ball, Liu Jun sat on top of something.

As soon as it went down, the thing made a clear sound, like an iron sheet.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Jun felt the biting coldness of his buttocks. The piercing Liu Jun stood up, only to notice that there were more than a dozen pitch-black iron buckets in front of him. The top is covered with a wooden lid

What kind of thing is this, how is it like a gasoline barrel, is it possible that people are starting to use gasoline now. A big question mark popped up in Liu Jun's head, and he pointed at these Tietong with his finger and asked Li Rong, who was standing behind him: "What is this?" ”

"Oh, this is the staff of the warehouse in order to prevent if there is a situation here, I am afraid that I will not have time to escape. So I put some iron buckets here to make it easier to run. ”

It turned out to be a lifebuoy, and I thought it was a gasoline barrel. Liu Jun suddenly realized, patted his head, and laughed at his lack of knowledge.

Perhaps in order to verify Li Rong's words, Liu Jun lifted a lid, and sure enough, there was nothing inside. Liu Jun, who had nothing to do, also got into it to feel what it was like to be inside

The iron bucket is not high, only about one meter, but it is very spacious, and it is redundant to accommodate Liu Jun.

Crawling out, Liu Jun patted his hands and sighed that the ancients should not be underestimated. Look at what this thing does. The wooden lid was also coated with a layer of fireproof material.

With a clanging sound, Liu Jun banged on the iron buckets. The sound of the iron bucket echoed throughout the storeroom.

"How nice would this thing be if it were a cannon?" Liu Jun was crazy thinking about cannons, and everything he saw was cannons.

But the reality is that he is a big iron bucket, not a cannon, Liu Jun shook his head helplessly and returned to the place where the gunpowder was stacked.

opened a paper bag, and the gray-brown gunpowder inside appeared in front of Liu Jun's eyes, it seemed that it was very moisture-proof here, but it was not wet at all.

What's the point of this gunpowder is that you can't make shells, and you can't use it when you say it's out. Liu Jun thought depressedly.

Suddenly looking up, Liu Jun thought of something, he looked at the gunpowder, and then pushed Li Rong behind him, and came to those iron buckets. 、

Li Rong followed behind and ran over, not knowing what Liu Jun's nerves were.

Hehehe, Liu Jun showed a very smug smile, and then asked, "Li Rong, do we have a blacksmith here?" ”